Mumbai, Jan. 24 -- Chief minister (CM) Uddhav Thackeray on Friday directed the state irrigation department to ensure that the tiger corridor between Chandrapur and Brahmapuri forest divisions remains protected from a proposed irrigation project near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR).
During a review meeting chaired by the CM to assess concerns raised by conservationists about the negative impacts of an irrigation project (Human dam) on the tiger habitat in central Maharashtra, the CM directed the irrigation department to identify alternative locations for the dam further upstream and carry out feasibility studies.
Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) has been planning to develop a dam near Sirkada village of Sindewahi talu...